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Taut [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.

2. Snug; close; firm; secure.

Tautegorical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Expressing the same thing with different words; -- opposed to allegorical.

Tautochrone [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A curved line, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall; as, an inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone.

Tautochronous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone.

Tautog [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll.

Tautologic [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

TAUTOLOG'IC

Tautologic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Repeating the same thing; having the same signification; as a tautological expression or phrase.

2. Tautological echo, an echo that repeats the same sound or syllable many times.

Tautologic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tautological.

Tautological [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, tautological expression.

Tautologist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who uses different words or phrases in succession to express the same sense.

Tautologist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who uses tautological words or phrases.

Tautologize [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To repeat the same thing in different words.

Tautologize [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To repeat the same thing in different words.

Tautologized [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Tautologize

Tautologizing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Tautologize

Tautologous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological.

Tautology [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of a thing in different words or phrases; or a representation of any thing as the cause, condition of consequence of itself, as in the following lines.

2. The dawn in overcast, the morning low'rs,

3. And heavily in clouds brings on the day.

Tautology [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --//The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison.

Tautomeric [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism.

Tautomerism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The condition, quality, or relation of metameric substances, or their respective derivatives, which are more or less interchangeable, according as one form or the other is the more stable. It is a special case of metamerism; thus, the lactam and the lactim compounds exhibit tautomerism.

Tautoousian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Tautoousious

Tautoousious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature.

Tautophonical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound.

Tautophony [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Repetition of the same sound.

Tautozonal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Belonging to the same zone; as, tautozonal planes.